Veronica Antal was a Romanian Roman Catholic professed member from the Secular Franciscan Order and member of the Militia Immaculatae.
11 Facts About Veronica Antal
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Veronica Antal has been titled as the "Maria Goretti of Romania" due to the manner of her death similar to that of Maria Goretti.
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Veronica Antal was born on 7 December 1935 in Botesti as the first of four children to George and Eva; she received baptism on 8 December in her local parish from Father Felix Rafaelli.
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Veronica Antal's parents named her in honor of her paternal aunt who died at a tender age.
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Veronica Antal's parents spent so much time at work in the fields that her grandmother Zarafina raised her and instructed her in the faith; it was in her childhood her devotion to the Blessed Virgin manifested.
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Veronica Antal's schooling was spent in her hometown from age seven where she earned good grades before leaving to join her parents to work in the fields.
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Veronica Antal instead joined the Secular Franciscan Order and then made a private vow of perpetual virginity.
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Veronica Antal walked five miles to the nearest church just so that she could receive the Holy Communion.
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Veronica Antal's parents grew alarmed that she had not returned home so searched for her.
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Veronica Antal's face was downwards covered in blood with a cross of corn pods on her back.
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Veronica Antal's beatification was celebrated in Romania on 22 September 2018 with Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu presiding on the pope's behalf.